Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Bonaparte were fans of this 200-year-old French chocolatier.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

A notoriously corrupt Chief of Police's deteriorating Greek-themed playhouse.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

Europe’s most powerful hot spring supplies the surrounding region with hot water.

An Icelandic island full of diving birds and legend.

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.

One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

This wilderness hike to a waterfall has an unlikely beginning in suburban Reno.

Ruins of the original wooden flume that carried water to Virginia City are still visible high on the Virginia Range.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

Ancient human remains unearthed around the iconic monument.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.